u/Key_Advance4295

I feel like i really am in a place where therapy would benefit me and i can afford it too. I got close last time then i back out due to a mistake she made during contracting. The whole reaching out thing and initial consultations is making me feel sick just thinking about it idk being soppy to a random stranger just isnt me. But this therapist i was gonna go to it took me over a year to finally make up my mind n contact her n now i feel like its gonna take me another year to reach out again

Im just wondering when it comes to trauma whos to say what counts as trauma and what doesnt? Do u have to experience ptsd for something to actually be clinically traumatic and also what ciunts as ptsd? Im going down this rabbit hole rn cuz one of my friends made a comment about my 'childhood trauma'. I had a tough time of it yes but i wouldnt say it traumatised me but then maybe it did and im not fully aware